Comet is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Jackson County, Ohio, United States. It is located at , on the western edge of Wellston.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, 78.
Comet was originally founded along the Ohio Southern Railroad as a company town for the Comet Coal Company, operating the Comet mine nearby. As of 1895, there were 60 miners and 24 day-laborers employed at the mine.
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